6. (1) The Administrator may, in writing, grant to a prisoner permission to absent himself or herself from a remand centre and to travel in or through a participating jurisdiction specified in the permission for a purpose that is specified in the permission, being a purpose of a kind set out in subsection (2).
(2) A permit may be granted for any of the following purposes:
(a) the medical treatment of the prisoner;
(b) to visit a person with whom the prisoner has had a long-standing personal relationship if that person is seriously ill or in acute personal need;
(c) to attend the funeral of a person with whom the prisoner has had a long-standing personal relationship;
(d) if the prisoner is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islands origin—to attend—
(i) the funeral service or burial of a member of his or her immediate or extended family; or
(ii) an occasion of special significance to members of his or her immediate or extended family;
(e) any other compassionate purpose;
(f) to assist a police officer of the ACT or another state or territory with the investigation of an offence;
(g) for any other purpose described in the Regulations.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islands origin if he or she—
(a) is a descendant of an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander;
(b) identifies as an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander; and
(c) is accepted as an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander by an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Island community.